The Vintage Tour 2005


Photo by Dennis Carney. Courtesy Sugar Hill Records.

"Well, I'm at it again. I'm very excited about the new Vintage Tour. I will be featuring vintage songs of my own (the songs I'm most known for) in addition to many of your old favorites from the past that I have recorded for a new album that is due out in the early fall. It's going to be lots of fun and bring back lots of memories, so come on out and be a part of it."
-- Dolly

The Basics

  • Will play approximately 40 cities in the U.S. and Canada
  • Aug. 16 through Dec. 10
  • More information will be posted here as it becomes available
  • Read the press release here.
  • The Band: Vicki Hampton, Steve Turner, Paul Hollowell, Garry Murray, Richard Dennison, Jennifer O'Brien, Jay Weaver, Michael Davis, Richie Owens, Kent Wells, Bruce Watkins

    If the venue name below is underlined, please click on it to link to the venue's Web site. If the ticket information is underlined, please click on it for more information on ticket purchases.

    City

    Venue

    Date

    Tickets

    Other

    Atlantic City, N.J.

    House Of Blues

    Aug. 16

    .

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    New York, N.Y.

    Radio City Music Hall

    Aug. 18

    SOLD OUT

    Photos

    Uncasville, Conn.

    Mohegan Sun Casino

    Aug. 19

    .

    .

    Philadelphia, Pa.

    Mann Center

    Aug. 20

    .

    Photos

    Washington, D.C.

    DAR Constitution Hall

    Aug. 23

    .

    Photos

    Portland, Maine

    Cumberland County Civic Center

    Aug. 25

    .

    Photos

    Halifax, N.S.

    Metro Center

    Aug. 27

    .

    Photos

    St. John, N.B.

    Harbour Station

    Aug. 28

    .

    .

    Ottawa, Ont.

    Corel Centre

    Aug. 31

    .

    Photos

    Toronto, Ont.

    Molson Amphitheatre

    Sept. 1

    .

    .

    North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

    House of Blues
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 15 but moved to Dec. 16 due to Hurricane Ophelia

    POSTPONED

    .

    .

    Tallahassee, Fla.

    Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 16 but moved to Dec. 8 due to illness.

    POSTPONED

    .

    .

    Danville, Ky.

    Norton Centre for the Arts
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 17 but moved to Oct. 25 due to illness.

    POSTPONED

    .

    .

    Birmingham, Ala.

    Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 18 but moved to Dec. 3 due to illness.

    POSTPONED

    .

    .

    Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

    Dollywood Celebrity Theatre

    Sept. 24

    2 p.m. SOLD OUT
    7 p.m. SOLD OUT

    Photos

    Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

    Dollywood Celebrity Theatre

    Sept. 25

    2 p.m. SOLD OUT
    7 p.m. SOLD OUT

    Photos

    Los Angeles, Calif.

    Gibson Amphitheatre

    Sept. 30

    .

    Photos

    Las Vegas, Nev.

    House of Blues

    Oct. 1

    .

    .

    San Francisco, Calif.

    Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
    Golden Gate Park

    Oct. 2 (free)

    .

    Photos

    Santa Rosa, Calif.

    Luther Burbank Center

    Oct. 4

    SOLD OUT

    .

    Denver, Colo.

    Colorado Convention Center

    Oct. 6

    .

    Photos

    New York, N.Y.

    Good Morning America

    Oct. 13

    Free

    .

    New York, N.Y.

    Late Night With Conan O'Brien

    Oct. 14

    Free

    .

    New York, N.Y.

    CD Signing at Best Buy Midtown

    Oct. 20

    11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    .

    Danville, Ky.

    Norton Centre for the Arts
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 17 but moved due to illness.

    Oct. 25

    SOLD OUT

    Photos

    Detroit, Mich.

    Fox Theatre

    Oct. 27

    .

    Photos

    Chicago, Ill.

    Chicago Theatre

    Oct. 28

    SOLD OUT

    .

    Madison, Wis.

    Alliant Energy Center

    Oct. 29

    .

    .

    Milwaukee, Wis.

    Milwaukee Theatre

    Oct. 30

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    Photos

    Evansville, Ind.

    Roberts Stadium

    Nov. 1

    .

    Photos

    Moline, Ill.

    Mark of the Quad Cities

    Nov. 2

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    Photos

    Kansas City, Mo.

    Municipal Auditorium

    Nov. 4

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    .

    Sioux City, Iowa

    Tyson Events Center

    Nov. 5

    .

    .

    Rochester, Minn.

    Taylor Arena

    Nov. 6

    SOLD OUT

    Photos

    Oklahoma City, Okla.

    Ford Center

    Nov. 8

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    .

    Tulsa, Okla.

    Mabee Center

    Nov. 9

    .

    Photos

    Atlanta, Ga.

    Gwinnett Center

    Nov. 25

    .

    Photos

    Orlando, Fla.

    House of Blues

    Nov. 26

    SOLD OUT

    .

    Boca Raton, Fla.

    Mizner Park Amphitheatre

    Nov. 27

    .

    .

    Clearwater, Fla.

    Ruth Eckerd Hall

    Nov. 28

    SOLD OUT

    Photos

    Dallas, Texas

    Nokia Live

    Dec. 1

    .

    Photos

    Dallas, Texas

    Adam's Mark Hotel Ballroom
    2005 Curtain Call Gala (charity fund-raiser for Dallas Summer Musicals)

    Dec. 2

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    Photos

    Birmingham, Ala.

    Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Theatre
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 18 but moved due to illness.

    Dec. 3

    .

    Photos

    Little Rock, Ark.

    Alltel Arena

    Dec. 6

    .

    Photos

    Tallahassee, Fla.

    Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 16 but moved due to illness.

    Dec. 8

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    Photos

    New Orleans, La.

    Saenger Theatre
    Originally scheduled for Dec. 9 but cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina damage

    CANCELLED

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    .

    Charenton, La.

    Cypress Bayou

    Dec. 9

    SOLD OUT

    .

    Charenton, La.

    Cypress Bayou

    Dec. 10

    SOLD OUT

    .

    Charlotte, N.C.

    Bobcats Arena

    Dec. 15

    .

    Photos

    North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

    House of Blues
    Originally scheduled for Sept. 15 but moved due to Hurricane Ophelia

    Dec. 16

    .

    .

    In late 2005, Dolly ventured out on "The Vintage Tour." She told Dollymania in June: "The 'Vintage Tour' will start mid-August and will include around 40 dates." It was promoted by House of Blues Entertainment Inc., the same group responsible for her sold-out Halos & Horns Tour back in 2002, but will extend beyond just the HOB venues. In addition, she revealed that her Sept. 24-25 benefit concerts at Dollywood would "be basically the same show, so fans who have already bought tickets will get a real bonus." She said the concert would include "lots" of her older classic songs as well as her covers of older songs made famous by other performers for her upcoming CD, Those Were The Days, hence its title.

    The tour followed her triumphant return to the concert circuit three years ago following a decade-long hiatus. The intimate club tour to promote the CD Halos & Horns (see coverage here) sold out all of its U.S. and European dates. Two years later, she returned to mid-sized stadium venues with a glitzier, more elaborate stage show called "Hello I'm Dolly," named after her first full-length album released 37 years earlier (see coverage here). Half of the dates on that tour sold out, and its nearly 140,000 ticket-buyers made it the 10th-biggest country tour of the year, grossing more than $6 million.